Solid Ground 21st Annual Breakfast

Solid Ground in White Bear Lake, one of our mission partners, is hosting a free breakfast event on Wed., May 6. Because of our church’s ongoing support, including your many generous gifts via the Holiday Express tree at Christmas time, they have personally invited us to attend. 

At the breakfast, they will “share stories of impact…and a new project to serve families experiencing homelessness.” It will be a morning focused on community and hope. 

If you’d like to attend this breakfast and learn more about Solid Ground’s work in our community, please click on this link.

Where: Jimmy’s Event Center

3565 Labore Ave, Vadnais Heights, MN 55110

Time: 8:00-9:00am

Missionary Reception

Join us Thurs., May 7 at 4:00pm in Fellowship Hall for a reception to meet UMC missionary Lorraine Charinda. Lorraine serves with the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries in the agricultural sector of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A missionary since 2017, she is visiting the U.S. to share about her work and connect with covenant partners. To learn more about Lorraine, please click on her photo. Light refreshments will be served.

Rainbow Families

Are you the parent or grandparent of a member of the LGBTQ community? Join us for conversation and fellowship on Thurs., May 7 at 6 pm in the church library. Questions? Contact LuAnn Roberts or (218) 590-6424.

Hearts and Hands for May:

Reminder—due to Memorial Day, Hearts and Hands will be meeting the 2nd Monday in May rather than the 3rd. Please join us on Mon., May 11 at 7:00pm in the library!

Dorcas Circle

Dorcas Circle will be meeting on Wed., May 13 at 10:00am in room 200 for our year end salad luncheon. We will be hearing an update from Emma Norton services which provides housing and related services to women and children experiencing homelessness or living with mental illness in St. Paul. All who are interested in learning more about Emma Norton are welcome to attend.

Emma Norton Donation: Reminder, we are still collecting personal care items for donation to Emma Norton to support their residents. A blue bin is in the fellowship hall next to the food shelf box for contributions. Please click here for a list of requested items. Donations will be delivered May 13. 

For questions regarding Emma Norton, contact Eva Shipley at (651) 238-4107.

Good Mourning Concert returns:

In collaboration with WBLUMC, vocalist and producer Jennifer Grimm returns with “Good Mourning,” a powerful and reflective concert offering space for grief, healing, and remembrance through music. Join us Mon., May 11 at 6:30pm in the sanctuary as we gather with others that carrying loss—recent or long-held—to reflect, remember, and be held in a shared experience of light and hope. For more information visit Jennifer's website.

Women’s Golf Group 2026 

We will be golfing as a group again this summer. Women of all ages who are interested in playing a social round of golf are invited to join this group. We play 9 holes of golf on Wednesdays either late morning or early afternoon at a different course each week. You play as your schedule permits. Tentatively our first golf outing will be Wed., May 13^th at Gem Lake Hills Golf Course. 

If you are interested in playing or would like more information, please contact Marcia Lantto – malantto@hotmail.com, alternate contact is Carol Effertz 651-429-6023.  We hope to see you soon.

To view the 2026 Golf Schedule, please click here or on the photo.

BeFrienders Ministry

BeFrienders Ministry is sponsoring a nature walk at Tamarack Nature Center on Mon., May 18th at 2:00pm. We will have a guided walk with a retired Methodist pastor. All are welcome. For questions, contact Barb Hinz at 651-777-0465. 

Monday Book Club

The title for May, our last for this reading year, is "The Women of Arlington Hall" by Jane Healey. We’ll meet on Monday, May 18, 7-8:15pm, with your choice of in-person in room 200 or via Zoom; email Rick Flynn. Thank you for joining the Book Club this year! We will reconvene in the fall!

World Views Workshops • Sundays

4:00 PM-5:15 PM • Room 200

The May 3: We will Compare the Spiritualist World View with the Integral World-View. The Workshop format is - The Presentation of Information followed by Small Group Discussion. It is recommended that participants read Walter Wink’s book, “The Powers That Be.”

You can register through Realm or simply come without registration. All are welcome!

Our final two workshop dates are May 10 and May 17!

 Green Team Events

The Green Team continues to celebrate Earth Day and invites you to participate in these final events.

• Take a tour of a recycling facility! Curious about where your trash goes after it leaves the curb? Join the Green Team for a 90-minute tour of the Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy Center (R&E Center) in Newport on May 7th at 2:00pm. All trash generated in Ramsey and Washington Counties is delivered to the R&E Center where waste is processed to recover recyclables and make fuel for electricity production. We'll meet at the church at 1:15pm to coordinate carpooling to Newport. The size of the group is limited to 25 and we are filling up so please sign up in the Narthex or register in Realm by May 3rd. Appropriate dress for the tour is closed-toe shoes and long pants/sleeves. Safety equipment will be provided. For more information, visit the Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy Center website or email Bonnie Greenleaf. 

• Attend the BreadX: We are teaming up with Adult Faith Formation to host a BreadX featuring our own Frank Watson, meteorologist, on the topic, "Minnesota Climate: Past, Current & Future. Please join us on Thurs., May 14 at 6:00pm; dinner will be catered from Red Luna Seasons. Please let us know you are attending by registering on realm or you may sign up in the narthex.

For additional information on any of these events, please visit the church calendar and click into each event. You may also contact Margie Grilley.